The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a chronic cervical spine disorder, including degenerative disc disease and degenerative joint disease. The issue is now remanded for further action.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was presented which raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the Veteran's claim of service connection for a chronic cervical spine disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine discogenic disease, cervicalgia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 8, 2010
- Citation
- 1021170
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